Tools+and+Strategies+for+ELL+Success


 * [[file:TheBIG_How-To.pptx]] || ==Power Point for all three parts== ||
 * || == J ohn likes nicetranslator.com, which will translate words or phrases into 42 languages simultaneously! (An example of the output) == ||
 * == Part 1: WIDA WORKS == ||  ||   ||   ||
 * == Extended WIDA Tools Page== || ==Link to the MPLS Extanded WIDA Tools Wiki Page== ||
 * ==[[file:WIDAClassroomCanDoTemplate.docx]]== || ==Grid for keeping track of who is at what WIDA level in each domain== ||
 * ==[[file:Criteria for Performance Definitions - BIG (1).docx]]== || ==CVC Chart== ||
 * [[file:WidaTools.pptx]] || ==WIDA Tools as interpreted by John & RIta== ||
 * == Part 2: CBM3D == ||  ||
 * ==CBM3D Progress Monitoring== || ==Link to the MPLS ESL Wiki Page for the CMB3D Tools for Progress-Monitoring ELD== ||
 * ==[[file:mplsesl/mean-proficiency-annual-growth-WIDA-focus-on-growth.pdf|Typical Growth Chart]]== || ==Information about the average ELD growth per year at different grades and levels== ||
 * ==[|Easy CBM Site]== || ==Free Progress Monitoring Tools== ||
 * ==[|RIta's Library Webpage]== || =="Great Links" for students & teachers== ||
 * ==Resources for Goal Setting== || ==Tools for helping students set and meet goals== ||
 * ==Resources for ELD== || ==Tools for English Language Development== ||
 * ==[| Data-Based Motivation]== || ==Rita's narrated PowerPoint explaining how to use data as a motivational tool for students== ||
 * [[file:CBM3D.pptx]] || ==CBM3D PowerPoint== ||
 * == Part 3: Tools for Differentiation == ||  ||
 * [[file:WIDAClassroomCanDoTemplate (3).docx]] || ==Grid for keeping track of who is at what WIDA level in each domain== ||
 * ==[|Online-Utility Tool]== || ==AMAZING & FREE resource for leveling texts and even changing the level of texts== ||
 * ==[|The Readability Tool]== || ==Another terrific tool for leveling texts== ||
 * ==[|Antword]== || ==Freeware for download that can analyze texts and spit out vocabulary lists by frequency of word use== ||
 * ==[|Reading A to Z]== || ==Pay for use resource for leveled reading materials== ||
 * ==[|We Teach We Learn]== || == **Check out Rita's articles on We Teach We Learn...maybe you want to write too?** ==
 * Text Complexity: Using Leveled Libraries
 * [[file:WIDAClassroomCanDoTemplate (3).docx]] || ==Grid for keeping track of who is at what WIDA level in each domain== ||
 * ==[|Online-Utility Tool]== || ==AMAZING & FREE resource for leveling texts and even changing the level of texts== ||
 * ==[|The Readability Tool]== || ==Another terrific tool for leveling texts== ||
 * ==[|Antword]== || ==Freeware for download that can analyze texts and spit out vocabulary lists by frequency of word use== ||
 * ==[|Reading A to Z]== || ==Pay for use resource for leveled reading materials== ||
 * ==[|We Teach We Learn]== || == **Check out Rita's articles on We Teach We Learn...maybe you want to write too?** ==
 * Text Complexity: Using Leveled Libraries
 * Text Complexity: Using Leveled Libraries


 * "Slant It" An Alternative to the Flipped Classroom


 * "Two-Column Notes" The Twin Pilllars Supporting Reading and Writing of Non Fiction Text


 * Five Things I Finally Understand about Teaching and Learning


 * Beyond the Kidney Table: The New Role of the Specialist ||
 * ==[|Text Project Summer Reads]== || ==Free downloadable books== ||
 * ==Reading and ESL== || ==Information on best-practices in teaching reading to ELs compiled by John== ||
 * ==[|RTI & ESL]== || ==Resource page with wonderful free resources for RTI in ESL classrooms== ||
 * ==[|WILBOOKS]== || ==CHEAP leveled reading books in English and Spanish== ||
 * ==[|Bluford High Novels]== || ==$1 hi/lo novels that teens LOVE== ||
 * ==Directions for Slowing the Playback Speed on Any Computer Media Player== || media type="custom" key="22420248" ||
 * ==[|Digital Tools for Differentiation]== || ==Great list of free resources for differentiation== ||
 * ==42-language simultaneous translator (Nicetranslator.com)== || The nicetranslator webpage will translate words or phrases simultaneously into 42 languages (and it might soon be more). http://www.nicetranslator.com/#

[[file:healthy-in-42-languages.pdf|An example of the output (for the word "healthy")]]
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 * ==[| Colorin Colorado]== || ==Information and strategies for RTI & Differentiation with ELL== ||
 * [[file:differentiation.pptx]] || **Differentiation PowerPoint** ||
 * ==Sentence Frames From Two Perspectives==

Link to SlideShare

Link to the Handouts || Ina Ziegler's (Edison) and Laura Byard's (Sullivan) presentation from MinneTESOL, UW Riverfalls, and MDE on their action research on how using purposeful sentence frames can increase student production. Tips and strategies on the Ppt and the Handouts. ||
 * Newsela || Free resource for current nonfiction articles and accompanying quizzes...can be manipulated so each article is at anywhere from a 4th to an 11th grade reading level. ||